Kenya Redeploys Top Official to Accelerate Infrastructure Investment Reforms
• A second top Treasury official, Christopher Kirigua, was redeployed as governments pushes for reforms to unlock private investment in infrastructure • Kirigua was appointed in 2021 to lead the Public Private Partnership (PPP) directorate to mobilize private capital for infrastructure • The PPP unit has helped unlock over Ksh150 billion in private capital through the PPP framework • Kenya requires $65 billion for infrastructure financing to meet Vision 2030 goals; PPPs aim to reduce this gap • About Ksh136 billion has been mobilized in PPPs since 2013, including projects like the Menengai Geothermal plants